Rendezvous with Rama

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Rendezvous with Rama is a classic hard science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity’s encounter with a mysterious alien starship entering the Solar System.

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Rendezvous with Rama canonical 2
The Garden of Rama 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hard science fiction novel
science fiction novel
author Arthur C. Clarke
awardReceived British Science Fiction Association Award
surface form: British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel

Hugo Award for Best Novel
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Jupiter Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award
surface form: Nebula Award for Best Novel
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts mysterious alien starship
exploresTheme cosmic insignificance of humanity
human curiosity
limits of human understanding
non-anthropocentric alien life
featuresConcept alien engineering
artificial gravity via rotation
cylindrical megastructure
space exploration by human crews
firstPublicationFormat novel
followedBy Rama II
genre hard science fiction
science fiction
hasAdaptationPlanned film adaptation (various unproduced projects)
hasCharacter Endeavour crew
Mercury colonists
hasMainCharacter Commander Bill Norton
hasSequel Rama II
Rama Revealed
The Garden of Rama
includedIn lists of classic science fiction novels
influenced later hard science fiction about megastructures
isbn 9780575016356
language English
literaryMovement Golden Age of Science Fiction
mainSubject exploration of alien spacecraft
first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor minimal direct depiction of aliens
open-ended, ambiguous conclusion
rigorous scientific plausibility
partOfSeries Rama series
publicationDate 1973
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd
setIn Solar System
setInTime 22nd century
titleCharacter Rama

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Arthur C. Clarke notableWork Rendezvous with Rama
A Fall of Moondust authorOtherWork Rendezvous with Rama
Gentry Lee notableWork Rendezvous with Rama
this entity surface form: The Garden of Rama